The Penske PC27 is a somewhat improbable choice for Al Unser Jr’s favourite car. A two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time IndyCar champion, he had his greatest successes at the wheel of the Lola T90/00, Galmer G92 and Penske PC23-94 in US open-wheel racing.By contrast, he went winless in the radical PC27 throughoutContinue Reading
On Thursday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, reports emerged that Ducati has decided to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team for 2025.While initially, this looked like then leading to Marquez moving to Pramac to take a factory bike, the six-time MotoGP world champion complicated the situationContinue Reading
F1 finances are as strong as they’ve ever been, as current revenue levels are understood to be over $3 billion.This has led to F1 teams increasing their profit margins, with Ferrari being estimated as the championship’s most valuable constructor at $3.9b, ahead of Mercedes on $3.8b.But even the least valuableContinue Reading
For its home race, Aprilia has five RS-GPs on the grid with its two factory team riders, the Trackhouse Racing duo and wildcard Lorenzo Savadori.Vinales was the best of them at the top of the timesheets in the first 45-minute practice of the Mugello weekend, the Spaniard setting a 1m46.140sContinue Reading
It was announced on Friday, on the eve of this weekend’s MotoFest, that a proposed layout has already been drafted and that a feasibility study conducted by circuit designer Driven International has been submitted to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for approval.A period of consultation will take place involvingContinue Reading
MotoGP will visit the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello this weekend for the Italian Grand Prix.Last year’s race was won by Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by just 1.067s over Jorge Martin, with Johann Zarco completing the podium. The Italian will be hoping to replicate the success of last year again this weekendContinue Reading
The breaking down of mental health barriers in sport has been something that has accelerated over the last few years, as more and more athletes feel confident to open up on their personal battles.In motorsport, Formula 1 race winner Lando Norris has been one of the more prominent voices destigmatisingContinue Reading
As Max Verstappen confessed on Saturday, an inability of the car to ride the kerbs in the same way as rivals, whilst also failing to deal with Monte Carlo’s bumpy track surface, meant inherent weaknesses had been ‘found out’ now that the squad no longer had a comfortable performance marginContinue Reading
Pin had withdrawn from the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine’s second Spa-Francorchamps race last weekend after feeling some discomfort.The Frenchwoman has now posted a video on social media announcing that she will be unable to race at Le Mans, where she should have shared the Iron Dames’ #85 LamborghiniContinue Reading
Early Thursday morning, it emerged that Ducati had finally decided to choose Jorge Martin to join Francesco Bagnaia in the official Borgo Panigale team from next season.As the hours went by, Marquez’s discourse hardened. At first, the multi-champion was asked about the news in question, and he was disoriented: “ThisContinue Reading